Posted on 05/17/2007 5:36:39 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
FRONT ROYAL, Va., May 17 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International, (HLI) today said "Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro (CT-3) and seventeen other members of Congress who describe themselves as Catholic not only are ignorant of their faith but also need a civics lesson."
Father Euteneuer was responding to their rebuke of Pope Benedict XVI in a press release from DeLauro's office which stated that the Pope's recent comments that Catholic politicians risk excommunication and should not receive Communion by saying, "Such notions offend the very nature of the American experiment and do a great disservice to the centuries of good work the church has done."
Father Euteneuer said, "It is an embarrassment that a Catholic, much less a member of Congress should make such an absurd statement. Even if this statement were true, the Holy Father answers to a Higher Power than Rep. DeLauro and the Gang of 18."
"The truth is," Father Euteneuer said, "nothing threatens the American experiment more than the legal but unjust killing of human beings by abortion which stands in stark contrast to the very first right enumerated by our Declaration of Independence: The Right to Life. The humanity of the unborn child is no longer even debated. It is a scientific fact. Abortion is murder, and murder is against the law. Like Dred Scott before it, which violated certain citizens' Right to Liberty, Roe v. Wade is bad, dishonest law and will eventually fall."
"Excommunication is a pastoral and medicinal penalty, not a political one. The Pope is well within his free expression of religion guaranteed by the US Constitution—and his pastoral duty—to warn any Catholic when their eternal salvation is jeopardized by their actions" Father Euteneuer said. "This is what the Catholic Church teaches and what Catholics believe. If the Gang of 18 believes otherwise, honesty and integrity requires they find another church that tells them what they want to hear. If they have that much of a problem being Catholic, no one is forcing them to stay. We certainly don't need their hypocrisy."
“He took on Hannity’s hypocrisy as well. “
Sean Hannity?
Yep. Sean Hannity. Sean was promoting contraception and calling himself a practicing Catholic and the good Fr. E took him to task. Fr. E took Pelosi to task for her pro-abortion stance.
I did not know that. Has Hannity rethunk his pos?
Nah, Hannity had him on his show and tried to win the debate.....any true Catholic knew the official church position and it was Hannity’s ego (sin of pride) driving him to argue a losing position. Hannity is a cafeteria Catholic regarding the subject of contraception. Fr. E’s issue was that Hannity proclaims himself a praticing Catholic on the air and promotes this position. Fr. E wished to clarify the church’s teaching.
Fr. E - he is the type we need as bishops!
Bio from: http://www.cogforlife.org/bio.htm
Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, Children of God for Life’s Spiritual Director also serves as President of Human Life International since December of 2000, the world’s largest pro-life organization with affiliate offices and associates in seventy-five countries around the world.
Fr. Euteneuer, born in Detroit, Michigan in 1962, is the fourth of seven children born to Joseph and Marian Euteneuer with a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and a Licentiate degree in Biblical Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Pues, se habla Espanol! While in college, Fr. Euteneuer participated in the Marine Corps Officer Candidate Program, attended boot camp at Quantico, Virginia and graduated at the top of his Company. After discerning that the Lord was calling him to the priesthood rather than the military, he entered the seminary. After his ordination in 1988, Fr. Euteneuer served as a parish priest in five parishes of the Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida, secretary to the diocesan bishop, director of vocations, and spiritual moderator for the diocesan Respect Life Office.
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